The Zeropunctuation thread

BrianRubin · 2012-05-05T05:17:38.000Z

This thread? Yeah, totally dead. I still watch ZP every week though. :-)

Dave_Markell · 2012-05-05T08:15:05.000Z

WarrenM:

Anyone else get the impression that this is dead? I never hear about ZP except when this thread bumps. Like, ever.

I don’t think it’s anywhere close to dead. It’s no longer the new hotness, so the excited buzz is gone, but ZP is still a major component of gaming culture.

Rock8man · 2012-05-05T12:01:57.000Z

It’s just that the people who used to post regularly in this thread nearly all left Qt3 recently.

Cobra · 2012-05-05T13:00:50.000Z

The difference between climbable scenery and random set dressing only becomes apparent when you’re trying to jump on it from a window ledge and a string quarter is busily destroying its instruments right next to your ear.

Priceless

Dave_Markell · 2012-05-09T09:17:56.000Z

This week: Prototype 2.

BrianRubin · 2012-05-09T10:18:43.000Z

They played a Diablo III ad before the review, and I gotta say, out of all the game companies, they still make the best cinematics.

Not a bad review either.

Wade42 · 2012-05-16T12:12:09.000Z

This week, it’s Risen 2: Dark Waters.

Wade42 · 2012-05-23T10:09:58.000Z

It’s: Sniper Elite: V2

Wade42 · 2012-05-30T09:55:50.000Z

This week: Diablo 3

WarrenM · 2012-05-30T10:00:29.000Z

BrianRubin · 2012-05-30T10:13:45.000Z

Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaang.

instant0 · 2012-05-30T10:18:21.000Z

Pants.

Rock8man · 2012-05-30T10:55:30.000Z

Conjure Pudding. Hee hee. It was really funny this week.

awdougherty · 2012-05-30T11:15:59.000Z

I own Diablo 3 myself and have put a few hours into it. It’s been okay fun so far, but when I hear people constantly say how the real game doesn’t start until Nightmare or Hell, I then wonder if I should even bother playing through the first time since I’m pretty sure I’ll never go through Diablo 3 more than once given my backlog.

As I’ve said, I haven’t played very much, but was it really necessary to make the real game locked behind 20 hours of gameplay?

Scotch_Lufkin · 2012-05-30T11:19:20.000Z

That’s an incorrect assumption. The game is still fun - just not challenging - during the first 3 acts of Normal, give or take your own skill level. Act IV gets a little rough, then Nightmare continues to ramp up.

As I said, this isn’t a Final Fantasy XIII situation here where you don’t get to play the full game until the 20th hour in, it just starts to get harder and harder. if you are the sort of person that requires brutal difficulty in your games at the start, then I recommend you avoid the auction house and/or crafting and you’ll have a bit more fun with the challenge, as well.

Bandersnatch · 2012-05-30T22:29:10.000Z

You have to unlock Nightmare difficulty?

Rock8man · 2012-05-31T06:14:07.000Z

After watching the Zero Punctuation review, I tried the Witch Doctor for the first time myself. I’ve seen my friends play the Witch Doctor, but playing one myself is just so bizarre. When he mentioned the jar of spiders in his review, it sounded really strange, but it’s much stranger in the actual game, especially as a primary ability. It’s just so funny.

Scotch_Lufkin · 2012-05-31T06:44:01.000Z

Bandersnatch:

You have to unlock Nightmare difficulty?

The difficulties follow a linear path. You’ll be about level 30-32 when you beat Normal, and the enemies start off at level 30 in Nightmare. If you were allowed to play Nightmare with a level 1 character, you’d die to the very first zombie and be very confused.

jemann · 2012-06-06T19:15:35.000Z

Max Payne 3 this week.

Surprisingly positive about the gameplay, less so about the story.

peterb · 2012-06-07T06:42:12.000Z

BleedTheFreak:

The difficulties follow a linear path. You’ll be about level 30-32 when you beat Normal, and the enemies start off at level 30 in Nightmare. If you were allowed to play Nightmare with a level 1 character, you’d die to the very first zombie and be very confused.

I know this isn’t your fault, but Blizzard’s, but I read that paragraph and I think “OH MY GOD, if only mankind had the technology to develop some solution to that problem, so I didn’t have to play the game three fucking times to get to the difficulty level I want.”

I mean, if Nightmare can’t be played by a level 1 character with no gear then maybe it could start you on level 30 with some gear or whatever.